Petrel Monitoring - Department of Conservation
1. Identification information
Status
Ongoing
Data Collection Date
Summary
Purpose:
To monitor the success of Grey Faced and Pycroft Petrel colonies on offshore islands.
Content
Figures on latest and past monitoring of burrows at each site. Some background information on species. Pycroft: burrow occupancy, chick numbers, diving depth, counting of banded and unbanded adults.
Grey: burrow numbers, length and occupancy.
Study Types
- Monitoring
Categories
- Birds
2. Contact information
Commissioning Agencies
- Department of Conservation
Contact Organisations
- Department of Conservation (Waikato Conservancy/Hauraki Area Office)
3. Spatial information
Geographic Coverage
Grid Coordinates
Locations
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NameNZMG Easting0NZMG Northing0LocationSlipper Island GroupEast Coast
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NameNZMG Easting0NZMG Northing0LocationCuvier IslandEast Coast
4. Data acquisition information
Collection Date
Grey faced petrel 2000 ongoing
Pycroft petrel approx 2003 onwards
Methodology
Grey faced petrel - quadrats with burrow records.
Pycroft - not described.
5. Data quality information
Known Limitations
6. Distribution information
Format
Report available in Microsoft Word format
Applications
Availability
Freely available. Sensitivity/Confidentiality:
No confidentiality
7. Status information
Data Status
ongoing
8. Metadata information
General Notes
Related Links
Publications
- Wills, A. 2009: Monitoring of Grey-faced Petrel on Penguin Island 3rd – 6th November 2008 (with analysis of data from 2003-2008). Unpublished Department of Conservation Report. DOCDM 467164 . 15 p.
- Taylor, G. 2008: Cuvier Island trip report February 2008. Unpublished Department of Conservation correspondence. DOCDM-275049.
- Wills, A. 2010: Monitoring of Grey-faced Petrel on Penguin Island, 1st-3rd Nov 2010 (with analysis of data from 2003-2010). Unpublished report for Department of Conservation, Hauraki Area Office. 13p.
Related Publications
Related Datasets
9. Related files
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